Recipe of the Month – “The Bollingen Martini”

The recipe of the month is taken from COOKED BOOKS, a cookbook featuring recipes from the staff of Princeton University Press. Enjoy!

The Bollingen Martini

Herbert S. Bailey, Jr.

If you have trouble remembering how to pronounce “Bollingen,” think of the Bollingen martini. The “o” is pronounced as in “olive,” but there is no “gin” in a Bollingen martini (“ng” is pronounced as in “sing”). Hence, Bälingen. Bollingen is the Swiss village where C. G. Jung built his retreat.

†Possibly an allusion to a discussion of ambrosia in The Hero with a Hundred Faces, one of J. Campbell’s lesser offerings (Rinky-Dink Potato Press, 2008, p.163): “The supreme boon desired for the Indestructible Body is uninterrupted residence in the Paradise of the Milk that Never Fails….It is obvious that the infantile fantasies which we all cherish…play continually into myth, fairy tale, and the teachings of the church, as symbols of indestructible being.” If Campbell’s ambrosia is not readily obtainable at your local grocer’s, we recommend substituting three drops of evaporated skim milk. [Ed.]

Upcoming Events

Weekly Digest

Email Address*

First Name

Last Name

* = required field

The opinions expressed on the Princeton University Press Blog, including those of authors published by the Princeton University Press, are not necessarily the opinions of the Press or Princeton University, are written independent of, and without collaboration with, the Press and are solely the responsibility of those authors and not the responsibility of the Press.